Goggles



Dec. 6, 1927.

G. L. TuLLY GoGGLEs- Filed July 6. 1926 ;WW I

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f UNITED sTATr-:s

P-A'rl-:NTv OFFICE; I

i 'GEORGE L. TULLY, ori'soUTnBnIDen, MAssAcH'osE'r'rs, AssIGNoR :ro MERICAN or- 'rIcAL COMPANY, or soU'rHBRIDGn'MAssACHUsETTs, A VOLUNTARY AssooIArrIoN OF KASSACHUSETTS.

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`4 Application med July 8,

The lpresent invention relates-to improved form of goggle and has particular lentirely removablel from the eye cups, wherey the lenses may be interchanged with great p rapidity and facility.

The primary object of the invention is to rovide limitlng stop means wh'erebyv the lens reta'i'ning rings are prevented from being detached'and lost, thus providing a unitary structure which will permitV the insertion'and removal of the lenses without sepavrating the parts of the eye cup 'or frame of the goggle and at the same timel providing means to lock the lenses in the eye cup or frame. i i

' A further object of the inventionis to provide means whercby the lenses maybe quickly inserted in and removed from the goggle frame or eye cup together with means for holding the lenses ifirmlyj in place.

v goes A further object lis to provide means whereby the lenses may be positioned within the lens rings and the. said rings thereafter firml secured within the eye cups of the le tolock the lenses in place.

Other. objects and advantages of the Vinvention will become apparent during the course of the following .description takenin connection with 'the accompanying drawings, and it will Vbe understoodthat I may 'make any modifications in the details of constructionV shown andV described without departing from or exceeding the spirit of the invention, the preferred form of the in- Vvention only having been 'shown and de-: scribed by [way of illustration.` o

Referring more particularlyto the drawings wherein like numerals areA used to designate like parts throughoiltl the several views:

Figurev 1 is a front elevation of a pairof goggles constructed according vto the invention; i o w i Figure`` 2 is a side elevation of the improved goggl'e; f

Figure 3 isa horizontal sectional view on i line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view on line 11-4 of Figure 1.

Prior to the present Vinvention goggles GoqGLEs.

. the possible looseness and 1926. seriai imiaofla. i

of the Character :shown have been constructed with. removable lens rings which j I were' threaded orthe like into the eye cups ;so that the lenses used'in the 'said goggles could be interchanged or replaced when broken. These particular lens rings were very unhandy in that they required an `unnecessary amount of time in their removal vfrom the'goggles and were often inisplaced Aand lost during the changing' of lenses. i'

With the present invention, 'however, in whichV the lens rings are not removablefrom the goggles, there is no danger of 'inisplacing or losing the said lens rings and the lensesimay also be interchanged with great rapidity due to the'simple' construction of the ring attachment.V p

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I lposition the lens rings 11 within the 'bore or the like 12 of the eye cups-13 and attach' the said rings within the eye cups by the pins or the like 14; The said pins are mounted in the side walls of the eye cups 13 and are adapted to extend within the intern'al bayonet slots 15 formed in the walls of thelens rings 11 so thatthe rings cannot be withdrawn entirely from Vthe eye cups without taking out the pins 14 and thereby attach the saidV rings within the eye clups, as

illustratedV in F igure 3; i i

It-will be seen that although the lens rings l j'cannot be removed from the eye cups t e wi'tpidrawn from the eye cup sufliciently to allow the vlens or lenses V16 to be inserted through the cut out places or slots 17 formed canl be 'loosened by a slight turn and in thelens rings 11 and thereby positioned within; the vannular lens seat grooves 18 formed on the inner surface of the lens rings.v i.

A resilient ringtmember or spacer 19 may be used to compensate for the Variation in the thicknesses ofv` the lenses and also toforce the same :to frictionally engage the side wal1s'20 of the lens seat grooves 18 to obviate play of the said lenses within the lens rings.

Following 'the positioning of the lenses within the lens grooves 18 the rings 11 are pressed inwardly until the shouldered portion 10 of the said rings engage theouter face of the eye cnps 13, after which they are slightly rotated to cause the foot portion 21 of the bayonets slots 15 to engage the pins 14 ositioned therein and thereby rigidly hol the lens rings 11 within the eye cups, as shown in Figure 3.

It will also be seen that when the lens rings 11 are in their ,fixed positions within the eye oups 13 of the goggles the slots 17 through which the lenses 1G have been inserted are completely sealed by the walls 22 of the said eye cnps, thereby seenring the lenses against displacement within the go gles. y i

o remove the lenses the rings ll are rotated as aforementioned, which thereby (lisengages the foot portions 21 from the pins 14 and allows the rings to he withdrawn from the eye caps a predeterinined amount, after which the lenses may be slipped ont- Wardly through the slots 17 as illnstrated in the drawings. These pzn'ticular eye caps and lens rings may be made of any suitable material, such alnniinnm, fiber, hardened rubber, etc., and are connected by the Strap or the like to form the bridge portion of the goggle. y i

From the ftnfegoing description it will be seen that' I have provided simple, darable and elicient means for quicldy interehanging lenses and for secnring the said lenses within the goggle, and in which the lens retaining ringsV art` insm'ed against possiblr` loss or inisplaeeinent as afore stated, y

l-Taying descrilaal niy invention. .l elaim:

l.. '[n a device of the charaeter described, an annalar eye cap, an annnlar ring telescopingly litted in the eye cup and having a peripheral slot of extent sufiieient to admit a lens and also having a. second peripheral slot haring a longitndinal and a transverse section, and a projeetion on the eye Cup extending into the second slotV` in the ring wherehy the ring is loched in the eye onp when the projection is in the transyerse section of the slot and may have longitndinal movement therein when the projectionis in the longitndinal seetion o'f: the slot. y

In a device of the oharaeter described, an annnlar eye en), an annnlar lens seat ring teleseopingly tted in the eye en and having a peripheral slot. of extent to aili'nit a lens and loching means inte 'acting between the ring and the eye enp that will permit of the extension of the ring beyond the end of the eye enp so as to expose the slot and adniit the lens, and will look the ring against longitndinal lnovement when the ring is teleecoped within the eye enp sothat the walls of the eye cup will cover the slot.

il. In a device of the eharacter desoribed, an annnlar eye cup, an annular lens seat ring telescopingly and rotatiyely litted in the eye cup and having a periphcral slot of extent snllicient to admit a lens and interaoting means between the eye cup and the ring to permit teleseoping movementof the ring to bring the slot beyond the end of the eye enp` to admit the lens and to recede within the eye cup to bring the slot within the ends of the eye cup and to permit of rotative morement of the ring in the eye eup to look the ring in the innermost position in the eye cup.

`In a device of the Character deseribed, an annular eye cup, an annular lens seat ring t'elescopingly and rotatively it-ted in the eye cup, and having a lens seat and a peripheral slot eommnnieating with the lens seat of sniiicient extent to admit a lens to the lens seat, and interengagingmeans between the eye Cap and ring whereby the ring may be moved longitndinally to bring the slot beyond the end of the eye ciip to admit the lens to the lens seat and then i'eeeded to bring the slot within the ends of the ('ye cnp and the ring rotated in the innermost position to lock the ring against longitndinalmoyoment in the eye cup. 3 i

In a device of the Character- (lesc\.'il e(l, an annnlar eye enp, an'annnlar lens seat ring telescopingly and r't^',ti\'ely litted in theieye cup and having a lens seat anda peripheral slot eonnnnnieating with the lens seat of .snliicient extent to admit the lens to the lens seat, and a bayonet joint connection between the eye eup and ring that will permit of the extension of the ring beyond the ends of the eye enp to admit the lens and that will lock the ring in the eye onp when the ring isreceded into the eye cup to hringthc slot below the ends of the eye cup. i

T5. n a device of the oharaoter descrihed, an eye cnp, a lens seat ring telescopingly titted in the eye cnp and having a lens seat and a peripheral slot connnunicating with the lens seat whereby a lens may be adn'iitted to the lens seat, interengaging means between the ring and eye cup whereby the lens ring may be withdrawn from the eye cup to a limited amount to expose the slot 'tor adrnission of the lens, and whereby the ring may he receded within the eye Cap to cover the slot, and means to lock the ring in the eye cnp in the receded position.

GEORGE L. T'ULLY. 

